• For Founders
    • Explore Membership
    • Members
    • Startup Fuel
  • For Supporters
    • Partners
    • Community Champions
    • Young Professionals Board
  • Programs & Events
    • Event Calendar
    • Glaring Gap Summit
    • Early-Stage Venture Summit, Powered by FLF
    • VC & Growth Equity Summit
    • The Builder Series
    • Tampa Bay Healthtech Meetup
    • Host an Event
  • About
    • Team
    • Donate
    • Careers
    • Media Inquiries
  • Resources
  • Get in touch arrow

Category: Member Spotlights

View All Posts
Featured Founder: Alex Kraft of Heave

Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Alex Kraft of Heave, which is a Heavy Construction equipment marketplace. What were you doing previously and what inspired you to launch your company? […]

Read More
Featured Founder: Matthew Basile of Naya Software

Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Matthew Basile of Naya Software, which is a contract management platform that enables parties to leverage data to automate all aspects of commercial real […]

Read More
Featured Founder: Anthony Nagendraraj and Marissa Huggins from Spontivly Inc.

Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Anthony Nagendraraj and Marissa Huggins from Spontivly, a data analytics tool that integrates with a company’s suite of community tools to allow for greater […]

Read More
Featured Founders: AlexAnndra and James Ontra of Shufflrr

Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed AlexAnndra + James Ontra of Shufflrr, which is defining the Presentation Management category.  What were you doing previously and what inspired you to launch […]

Read More
Featured Founder: Neil Jirele of AppyHour

Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Neil Jirele of AppyHour, which offers data-driven mobile marketing, sales enablement, and business intelligence for the three-tier system. What were you doing previously and […]

Read More
Featured Founder: John Fohr of TrustLayer

Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed John Fohr of TrustLayer, which allows companies to automate tracking of insurance, licenses, and compliance docs of their business partners. What were you doing […]

Read More
Featured Founder: Will Sitton of SlipSeat

Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Will Sitton of SlipSeat, which supplies truck drivers and owner-operators to motor carriers using a freelance marketplace. What were you doing previously and what […]

Read More
Featured Founder: Brock Lister of Visitry

Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Brock Lister of Visitry, which is a Home Health marketplace for agencies and clinicians. What were you doing previously, and what inspired you to […]

Read More
Featured Founder: Trevor Clark of Shyftoff

Welcome to our Featured Founder series, where you’ll meet startup founders from Tampa-St. Petersburg who are building and scaling their ventures to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges. We interviewed Trevor Clark,  Co-Founder of ShyftOff, which provides flexible customer support outsourcing for businesses. What were you doing previously and what inspired you to launch […]

Read More
Women in Tech Tampa Bay: April Caldwell, CEO of fayVen

In celebration of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, Embarc Collective is excited to introduce you to Women in Tech Tampa Bay — a content series profiling women who are building at Embarc Collective and how they’ve built their careers. Meet more women tech founders and investors across the state of Florida here. Meet April Caldwell, […]

Read More

Posts pagination

« Previous 1 2 3 4 5 Next »
Get the clarity you need. Delivered weekly.

Join the Weekly Collective, and get strategic insights and proven frameworks that help founders like you make better decisions — faster.

  • For Founders
    • Explore Membership
    • Members
    • Startup Fuel
  • For Supporters
    • For Partners
    • For Community Champions
  • Programs & Events
    • Calendar
    • Host an Event
  • About
    • Team
    • Donate
    • Media Inquiries
  • Resources
  • Careers
  • Get in Touch

Embarc Collective is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, ranked the #1 startup platform in North America by UBI Global.

© 2026 Embarc Collective. All Rights Reserved. Designed by Cooth.
Facebook Instagram X (Twitter) LinkedIn YouTube